EXCLUSIVE:Icelandic streamerSiminnhas boardedTorna a Surriento, a European co-production for FinlandsYLEand ItalysRAIdebuting next week atSeries Mania.
Furthermore, weve got the first word on two key castings.
Set in Finlands Sami community, the Italian- and Northern Sami-language series is in pre-production.
‘Torna a Surriento’Whatevergroup
Finnish producer Whatevergroup is producing, with Italys Viola Films, Norways Rein Film and Icelands Glassriver co-producing.
Guglielmo Finazzer, Dario Carraturo, Jens Martin Mienna and Aleksi Puranen are the writer-creators.
Ken Are Bongo, who is from the Sami community, is the director.
Show is set to deliver in November, with a 450,000 ($490,000) budget per episode.
The show qualified for the Finnish tax incentive and received investment from the city of Inari.
No distributor is attached right now.
This really is a joint forces operation in culture.
Series Mania is essential for many Finnish drama producers, said Kaarlela.
The thing that distinguishes it is in the name its so good to get to focus on the series.
The series developed after the Finnish, German and Italian co-producers met around a year ago.
Maybe its what Europe needs right now, said Kaarlela.
The Italian mindset in the scenery of Sami land creates a very quirky and distinguished atmosphere for our story.
We tried not to copy anything, although all of us realize the certain similarities with Lilyhammer.
The market is tough everywhere, said Kaarlela.
Great concepts still work, no matter how scarce the money.
